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fi :" nsort, are gone to Mayence. M. Wary, a British Cabinet / esienger, has passed through here on his way from Petersburgh r London. The continued heavy rains, and the fall of snow in e mountain', very late its the season, have caused the rivers in lesia to overflow their banks to a great extent. . FAISBUAG, MAY 2. 'there has been no Sitting of the Diet since the 23d or the 6th of last month ; but the Estates continue their deliberations separately. On the 15th of last month a fire broke out in the great market town of Nagy-Koros. A high wind prevailing at the time, and Ithe fire having commenced in.a stable in the middle of the town, I where the houses are crowded together, it spread with such rapi [ dity, that in a few hours above 1000 buildings were reduced to ashes, in spite of all the exertions of the inhabitants, although it ' was the middle of the tray. . . . viiil4llA, MAY 5. We learn from good authority, that the Ambassador of the Emperor of Brasil, at this Court, has received instructions to en gage 800 Officers, on advantageous conditions, for the Brazilian army, EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HASHIURGH, MAY 12.-36. 11. ; two months, S 6. 8. PITEESSURGH, APRIL 28.-9. 5-16thl. Lump, NAT B.—Two months, 6. 20i. BMW, MAX 9.—Three mouths, 7. O. AUGSBURG, MAY R. After three weeks' dry weather, we bad, nu the Ist of May, a fell of snow neatly a foot deep: on the 3d, the weather became milder in this part of the country ; and yesterday, after a sultry forenoon, we had the first thunder storm. The very first flash of lightning struck a flock of sheep, about three quarters of a league from this city, and killed the whole flock, consisting of 170 sheep. The shepherd and his dog were not injured, though only a short distance from the flock. On the let of May a man was frozen to death, who, being in a state of intoxication, had lain down in the snow. THE FUNDS. At th e opening of the market this morning, Consols were at 7 1 1, with a heavy appearance ; they have been since done at /, buyers, and have again receded to the price they opened at. Con for the July account, 781, buyers, and little business doing. Three per Cent. Consols, 781 to* ; India Bonds, 4 per Cent., !►,lO, pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 9, 10, pm. ; Scrip, 4 per Cent., Per., a pm . roltVlon FUNIM-Drazilian, ; Buenos Ayres, 58, 60 ; Milan; 40, 2 ; Colombian, 1322, 39i, 401; Ditto, 1824, 421; Greek, 14, 15 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 51, 3 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 621, ; Peruvian, 31, 2 ; Russian, '751, i; Spanish, 1621, 71, 8 ; Ditto, 1823, 4, 51. MlNxs._Anglo Mexican, 20, 17i, die. ; Brazilian, 13, 11, 4 .; Castello, dis. ; Bolivar, 5,7, pm. ; Pasco Peruvian, 1 4, 9}, die. ; Tlalpuxahua, par, 5, 10, pm. ; United Mexican, 1 die., par ; Mexican Company, 9+, 8, dis. Smancs.-Alliance Fire and Life, 7,8, pm. ; Ditto Marine, 2,1, dis. ; British Iron, 24, 2, die. ; Welch Iron and Coal, 15, 13 , dia. ; Australian, 5 ,4, pm. Quarter Past One. The chief business doing at the English Stock Exchange, is ii making up Accounts for the settlement on the 23d inalant.—Con. soh are 781, alternately buyers and sellers. Half-past Two a ' Clock. The Consols have been flat, and have receded to 78 withou , much doing. SHIP NEWS. [FROM LLOYDS.] bast,, NUT 17.—Wind S.E. fine. weather.--Arrived and sailed for the River, the Hon. Company's ships, Vansittart, Atlas, and Scalehy Castle, from China ; Mellish, from Madras ; Catherine, G reen, and Elizabeth, Grierson, from Sierra Leone ; Lady Douglas, frotn Teneriffe; John and Mary, M‘Lea, from Charente; Ruth, Munro, from Jamaica ; Gleaner, Wright, from Liverpool ; Britan "4, Terris, from Teignmouth, and the Ariadne, Todd, from 0p0r .2, for H u ll. P asse d t h roug h f rom the River, the Boyne, Miller, for Bombay ; Prince Regent, Hosmer, for —; Whitby, Smart,. f or Quebec • Coltunbo, Aniozago, for Genoa ; Recovery , Chap man, for Bombay ; also remain, the Marquis of Huntley, As- Cough, with convicts for New South Wales. PORTMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind W.—Passed by for London the Saltoun, —, from Dominica ;, Mersey, Beasley, from Bar badoes, in 70 days; Margaret, Simpson, from the westward.---Arrived the Finsbury transport, from the Downs for Halifax. FALMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Lord Dupplin, nuwe, from Bristol, and sailed again for London, with the Amos, Palmer, for Antwerp. 'LtvEaroot, MAY 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Helicon, Bar. s,ard, from Wilmington ; Hibernia, Plane, from Savannah ; and ti,,ope. Ferguson, from S i e rra Leone.—Arrived the United States, "sou, for New York, passed Holyhead the 15th instant, at s Yen, A .Isl. COWES, MAY 17.—Arrived the Rose, Teeling, from Havanna. Ilis Majesty's ship Dartmouth arrived at Havanna, the 26th of March. Arrived off Hastings the Waterlilly, Bruce, for Jamaica; and the Royalist, Coots, from the coast of Japan. Off the Wight the Juno, Storr, from Alicant. GIHAALT AR , APRIL 25.—The Sardinian brig , A Guise pp e, tenth4do, was lost on the coast of Morocco, near Mazagan, 15th 4, htant, crew and stores saved. . , An Engli s h b r i g from Bahia to this place, wi t h tobacco, has 'Jeer& "reeked near Diazagan. Th e bincan Forbes, Lavie, sailed from Bahia for this port, *bout Jan. 20, and has not-since been heard of. • . The 'schooner, Sapio, Giannini, bound to this port , is totall y lost at Tangier. A Columbian Vi brig of war was seen off Cap e St. Vincent on the 22d inst. Hastninton, MAY 10.—The Victoria, Osterburg, from St. Übes totottenburg, put into Nantes, 26th ult., leaky, and must unload to repair. Lrattottu, MAY 4.—The Veloze, Capiello, sailed from hence 20th'ult. for Malta; sprung a leak and foundered on the 20th, between Mount Christo and Cape Corro, during a severe gale of wind, at S.W. ;—crew saved and arrived here. Cuznavz)r, MAY 14.—The Elizabeth, Falcke, from Stock holm to Hatnburgh, drove foul of the Orinoco, from Charleston, in the Elbe, on the night of the 10th inst., when the crew aban doned her and got on board the Orinoco ; the Elizabeth was car ried into Blankinisi, by a boat belonging to this place. Vessels spoke with.—Nile, Peele, to Newfoundland, 22d ult. lat. 48. long. 35 ; Thomas, Liverpool, to Itliramichi, 27th ult. lat. 49. long. 24 ; Dominica, Cork, to Cape Breton, 26th ult. lat. 45. long. 28. ; Philip, P freeman, J a ma i ca to London, lat. .23. long. 84. The Right Hon. W. H. Freemantle, it is under. stood, will be appointed Treasurer in the Lord Steward's department, in the room of Lord C. Ben tinck, deceased ; and William Yates Peel, Esq, it is said, will succeed Mr. Freemantle at the India board. The Duke of York transacted military business with the King yesterday. Yesterday the Right Hon. W. Huskisson enter tained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner, at his house in Somerset-place. The Earl and Countess Harewood gave a in grand dinn er yesterday, to a numerous p a rty, at their resi dence Hanover-square. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermenti one d s hips were thus stationed, viz.:—Cambridge, for Bengal, to touch at Madras; and James Sibbald, Cornwall, and Hercules, for Bengal direct. A new performer, Samson, is much talked of in P aris. His acting is said to display great judgment and finish, to be chaste and elaksical, but wanting in effect. His figure is small, his countenance youthful, and deficient : ins the expression a few wrinkles would give it ; nevertheless he is pronounced, on the whole, to be a fiht-rate actor. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, (Tuts DAT.) THE DE LISLE PEERAGE. Lord REDESDALE took a brief view of the circum stances respecting this Peerage ; he said that there had been no evidence of any person having laid claim to it since the reign of Richard the Second ; that it was not likely it should remain so . long in abeyance, if the title had been well founded. It was a matter of great doubt; whether or not a summons and a sitting created a peerage in fee or not anterior to the reign of Henry the 6th. If their . Lord ships should be of opinion that a writ had not the effect of rendering a peerage inhe ritable in the time of Richard the Second, it would be unnecessary to go into the evidence ad vanced in this case, as it would be decisive of it ; he thought that this point should be first ascertained. — His Lordship concluded by moving that the further consideration of the case be adjourned till Monday, in order that their Lordships might consider about the fact above stated. The LORD CIIANCELLOR gave judgment in the case of Sir James Duff v. the Earl of life, affirming the judgment below. The further consideration of the case of Fletcher v. Lord Sondes has been adjourned until ne.4t. Ses sions. COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(Tms DAY). RICHARDSON V. BANKS. The plaintiff keeps the George and Dragon public house, on the Camberwell-road ; .the defendant's wife was a laundress near the same place, and generally had a great many women employed in washing. The plaintiff had supplied the laundress with beer, between the 24th of February, 1823, and the 29th of March, 1824, to the amount of 361. all of which had been paid, except a balance of 71. 25., to recover which the present action was brought. Mr. CHITTY was Counsel for the plaintiff; and called the. pot-boy to prove the delivery of the beer, the delivery of weekly bills, and promises on the part of the defendant to pay the demand. Mr. LAW contended, that the defendant was not liable for beer delivered to his wife, and not to himself, not for necessary 'purposes, but for intoxicating her. The defendant was a poor man ; he had been the driver of Messrs. Lansfield's coach, but differing with them, imprudently started a coach himself in opposition to his late masters, who, it was alleged, had instigated this action for the purpose of harrassing the defendant.— Verdict for the plaintiff; 71. 2s. BRITISII ANNUITY COMPANY. GIBBINS V. CHABERT. Mr. MARRYATT for the plaintiff. The defendant held thirty shares in the British Annuity Conipany, which the plaintiff, by his agent, agreed to purchase on the 4th of December last, at one pound discount. On the day on which the purchase was made, or very soon afterwards, the shares got up to a premium, and the defendant refused to make the assignment of the, shares to the plaintiff. The action was brought for damages sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the defendant's refusal to complete his contract. Mr. Savory was the broker who sold the shares to the plaintiff, on behalf of his employer the defendant. He identified the memorandum of agreement he had giVen to the plaintiff. Mr. Por.Locx, for the defendant, objected to the reading of the contract, as it had not been stamped. Mr. MARRYATT submitted that he was entitled to give the agreement in evidence, without its having been stamped. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was decidedly of opi nion, that he could not treat these things, ;hares in Companies, as goods, wares, or merchandise, -and that therefore the memorandum of agreement was not admissible in evidence. Mr. MARRizATer could earry his case no further. Maintiff nonsuited. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—(Tins DAY.) HARLIE V. HEMMING, GRAHAM AND CO. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN stated, that this was an action on a bill of exchange, of which the defendants were acceptors. They were engaged in extensive spe culations in the New World, and, in raising money for the South American Government in 1823, they had conceived a project of purchasing mines, anti for that purpose sent out, as confidential, agents, Myon, Mouray, and Esther, who drew the bills on the defendants. True it was, the defendants did not sign their names to them as acceptors, but an accept ance may be by parole as well as by writing. A pro mise to pay amounts, in law, to an - acceptance ' • as to the fact of the promise, it was for the Jury to decide from evidence. The facts connected with it were briefly as follows :--Mr. Esther, the confidential agent of the defendants, having embarked in a mining spe culation on their account, borrowed fifty thousand dollars, as a security for which he gave fourteen bills of exchange, amounting to 11,4581. 6s. Bd., drawn on the defendants. Shortly after this they opened a negotiation with the United Mexican Min big Association, and sold to them the mines which Mouray and Esther had purchased on their account, for the 50,000 dollars. Ihe United Mexican Asso ciation, knowing that these bills of exchange had been given as security for the purchase-money of the mines, undertook to pay the amount when due ; but the defendants said that, as the Bills had been drawn on themselves it would be more becoming that they should take them up ; to this the United Com pany acceded, and actually paid the amount of the purchase money to the defendants. The Learned SER.JEANT contended that this amounted to an express undertaking to pay the amount of the bills ; he understood that the defence set up would be, that when the Bills had been presented in January last, for acceptance and refused, the plaintiff had protested it for non-acceptance, and therefore, in law, he was not entitled to recover from them as acceptors ; but he maintained, that pre vious to that time, the defendants had accepted it by parole, and this they could not wave by any act which the plaintiff had done through ignorance ;—at all events, if he could not recover on the bill of exchange, he was entitled to n a verdict for mone y had and received by the defendant to his use. Several witnesses were called to p r ove the filets as stated in the case. Mr. Sergeant WILDE addressed the Jury on be half of the defendant. He stated that the bill hav ing been protested for non-acce ptance , the defendants were not liable as acceptors; that though they were bound by the acts of their agents, they ought to be sued as drawers. The CHIEF' JUSTICE said, that as there was a large sum of money at stake, and no question of the fact re specting, the liability of the defendants, a verdict s hould be taken for the plaintiff, subject to the opinio n of the Court, as to the legality of the mode of suing for it. Thi s was Accordingly acceded to. ALDERMAN WAITHM A.N. The City of London Tavern was yesterday a scene of bustle, in consequence of.a meeting of the friends of Mr. Alderman Waithman, which was held to, se- cure 'that worthy klla? Magistrate's return to Parlia ment. The meeting was rather thinly attended, in Consequence, we believe, of its being held at twelve for one o'clock-- , -an hour when most 'of the Alderman's friends dine, and the pawnbrokers are most engaged. Nevertheless, there was considerable activity, in conse- quence, as we are told, of many being called out by • their wives, who had been kept waiting beyond their who suspecting their " good men" usual hour, and to be at. the City of London Tavern, went thither to bring them away. We cannot, however, - vouch for the correctness of this statement ;—we are iii considerable distress about .the report. — Whether the Gentleman who attended for us Was fearful of getting into the crowd round the table, or had any other reason for keeping near the door, we know not ; but we strongly suspect his report to be rather erroneous on some. points., Mr. PA YWEL L took the Chair, and made a speech about Magna Ghana and the Bill of Rights, and supported the plan of returning Members free of ex pence. A Mr. HR.i,s EY proposed the first resolution, which being seconded by Mr. CARTER, Wass of course CARRIED. The following is a copy That the Livery of London could be only adequately represent ed by persons whose past political conduct rendered Iprofessions and prOmises equally Unnecessary."—Mr. 4UM E figured well ; and, considering he had come 50 miles .on this occasion to attend the meeting, tra velled at great length into the merits of the worthy Al derman ; and moved—" That the long consistent public life of Alderman Waithman, mid his ultimate know ledge of the trading interests of this metropolis, qualify him as a Representative in Parliament." Mr. DILLON urged the necessity of representing every class, particularly shopkeepers, and seconded the resolutioq, which was adopted. Mr. COATES, the wine and brandy merchant, then rose and said, that he was in good spirits, and should give the Alderman his cordial support. He might have a rum way of addressing them, but there was ample proof of his sincerity; his .genuine convic tion was, that the Alderman's character was pure. He (Mr. Coates) was not for importing strangers to , represent the City ; all the arguments together in its favour did not weigh a dram. After a considerable display of eloquence, in a neat speech very much to the pint, the worthy Gentleman despaired not of making their crusty opponents sherry oft; and bring their friend safe into port. Mr.HARNIER is said, in our report, to have ob served that, amongst the pleas which could be urged in favour of the Alderman, whose interests engrossed their attention, there were none to which their ene mies could demur, but many which were favourable to the general issue. He would be bail that nothing could arrest their progress ;—the verdict of every honest man was in theirlavour, and he would appeal to any judge of the question, if it had not been the invariable practice of Mr. Waldman to oppose cor ruption ?—they could all bear witness to the slander which had been heaped on the worthy Alderman ; but upon trial he could just yy the conclusion that he was not guilty. Mr. WA IT qMAN was overpowered with gratitude, and urged the greatest exertion, he had lost the last election because 3.00 of his friends had not voted, for him; he begged his supporters not to give his oppo nents an inch for they would take an ell; for himself he would not give up a quarter Of a yard of ground—in short he was determined to nail his opponents, whom he treated as unprofitable customers, and to measure every one of their steps. In his canvass he had been very successful, he had received that morning 38 promises, and only one answer that ran counter to his wishes; he would not forget that he had received great benefit from the prints, but the cause required great exertion. It em braced a wide field, one that could not be covered with a sheet ; their paths were not velvet; they had not a lawn for their peregrinations; and they must mind how they cut their cloth ; but he did not de spair ; his hopes could not be cut qi, for his life throughout had been all of a piece.---(Cheers.) At the conclusion of the Alderman's address, a great many were leaving the room, in consequence of, as we learned, a manufactory bell in the neighbour hood calling a number of the Gentlemen to their work; and the remainder `were also still further thin ned by the mention of the subscription. Several houses were appointed fOr taking' in money, and it was announced that the smallest donation would be thankfully received. We are sorry that our reporter did not sacrifice his feeling a little on this occasion, and get near the lead ing speakers. We lost many good ,things that were said, particularly L2Teat, part of the speeches of a pawn broker,who called the Alderman a duplicate of Alfred the Great, an apothecary did not scruple to call the Ministerial Candidates drugs; and,the foreman to the ailor by the Bank, who, in the name of the opera ives in that respectable trade, declared the Alderman .o be worthy of all the Siwick miners. SINGULAR ATTENIPT AT SurcinE.---Yesterday morning a boy named Jones, 12 years of age, residing with his parents in Thomas-street, in the -ICent-road, while at play with his sister in the garden at the rear of the house, quarrelled with her on some frivolous ac count. At the time it occurred, the girl had been exercising with a skipping-rope, which, in the height of his passion, be seized out of her hands, and in stantly ran into the privy, where, it appeared, he at tempted to commit suicide. The sister, on observing her brother bolt himself in; ran into the dwelling house, and informed her - father, who was obliged to burst open the privy door before he could gain admit tance; when his feelings received a dreadful shock, on seeing the boy suspended by the neck to a beam, with one end of the skipping-rope tied round his neck, and the other end made fast to the beam. When cut down he was completely black in the face, and life seemed extinct. However, anim ation was at len g th restored by the perseveriug a ttentions of a medical f ew moments longer m H an ad , h a e n r d em th ai e ne b d o a y viseryn,ow in a fair way of recovery. suspend ed, it would have been out of the- power of human means to have restored him. A few days ago, a tradosimui , s wife in this pl ace , who had b een t as ting rather freely , and on her way home was requiring assistance f rom the walls of the houses, in orde r to keep her balance, was thus remark ing to herself----“ 111 luck upo' Your imperial measures, I cou'd hae drunken an' a urhaf-mutchkin ony day, an' they war'na born that would hae kept it ; but this dings a' ."---Aberdeen Last week, as so me labourers were em p lod in ye breaking up and burning the turf on the esta t e of the ga r ; o f car. narvou, at ilighclose, they i ncau tiously set fire . to an adjoining plantation, of which no leas than fourteen acres were detained, TO WESTMORELAND FREEHOLDERS. As I, last week, persuaded myself to lay before you, in a correct point of view, two or three topics of con siderationtarising out of the approaching Election for, the County of Westmoreland, on which misrepresenta tion had been attempted under the sanction of names which I should not have suspected of such littleness, I had the curiosity, (for neither duty nor interest in financed me, on the occasion,) to attend a meeting on Monday last, of Mr. Brougham's friends and sup- porters, in his third attempt to represent the' County in Parliament. I had seen some small paragraphs going the ,round of the papers, as trial balloons are seen to precede the ascent of the grand exhibitor, announcing universal support, and predicting un- doubted success; and also an aavertisement, naming the horn• and place for assembling. After such note of preparation, I at least expected to Meet an assem blage, imposing by its numbers and spirit, and well calculated to encourage and animate its leader to the charge. Mr. Brougham had evidently formed the same estimate of the effect of his call on the Westmoreland freeholders, for he could not con- ceal his chagrin and vexation when he • came to measure his popularity and his prospect of success by the numbers which . his call had brought together. In a. sort of official report which I have just seen, it is stated that the meeting was very numerous. Form your own judgment on that point, when I fear lessly tell you that, at the expiration of an hour, there were only between thirty and forty ; at the end of two hours between sixty and seventy ; and at no point of time much more than a hundred. After having waited for upwards of two hours, we bectune clamorous for the performers, and, after an apology from the manager, they appeared. Mr. Brougham complained of ill health, and exhibited evident symptoms of disappointment and mortifi cation. I will not trespass much on your time, but I vii take the liberty of stripping the actors in this scene o a little of the consequence they assumed, and the bu• siness of the evening—of the deception and imposture in which they clothed it. Upon inquiry as to the property and influence in the county of the actors in this farce, I learnt that, with the exception of Mr. Crackenthorpe,,--and there was evidently an assumption of superior consequence in the manner and style in which he addressed us, — the whole landed property in the county, of all the speakers, would hardly suffice for a cock sparrow to grow his own bread corn upon ; that prior to the two last elections, few or none of them had any connection with the county, and that their qualifications are now of the humblest description, and but just legally sufficient to justify their assuming the character of freeholders at a tavern meeting, and giving a vote at the election. By showing the non-existence of their claim to our consideration on the score of pro perty in the county, I strip them of all pretension on that point, to persuade us to thwart the wishes of a Nobleman whose property is almost semi-extensive with the county itself. Mr. Howard, who took an active part in the proceedings of the evening, is, I was told, a Catholic ; and if a sense of obligation to Mr. Brougham, for his exertions to restore the Catholics to that power and influence in the State, of which our Protestant ancestors, after an arduous and glorious Struggle, deprived them, influences him to interfere in a Westmoreland election, I respect his motives ; but, disregarding Mr. Howard's advice, in spite 01 Mr. Brougham's able advocacy of Catholic restitu' tion to the political power which they abused ani forfeited, and in defiance of all considerations of fear or interest, I will vote against the man who recom mends us to surrender the fruits of the longest and most sanguinary struggle that any nation ever main tained for political and religions freedbm. Sir JAS. GRAHAM advised, in his speech, a close and determined union to oppose the Earl of Lons dale, because his Lordship's recommendation has con siderable weight in influencing the Government in the disposal of their patronage in the County. . Does Sir James not know, that though we are an in dustrious, enterprising, and highly moral race, we are poor ; and that nothing can be more acceptable to such a population than a connecting link between themselves and a rich patron or employer ? What ever weight the Earl ofLonsdale's recommendation has had through the influence of personal character, or extent of property, he has used it, as it has always ap peared to me, and, as I believe, the whole County can testify, in favour of WeStinorefand men ; when West mereland men could be found as eligible as others. Sever this connecting link, and we scatter the pa tronage even of our own county to be picked up by strangers who know us not. Mr. BARii.a.m (a West India Planter) thought the battle of England was to be decided in Westmore land, and recommended, to the 'astonishment of many, the return of Mr. Brougham in preference to that of any other man for the county. This Gentleman, however, did, not seem to have been sent for the express purpose of protecting his own interests, but of declaring to us that he was not authorised to say that the present Earl of Thanet would advance any money for the purpose of promoting Mr. Brougham's election. Mr. Crackenthorpo, then, must appro priately, moved that every elector, on his side of the question, should be left to find his way to the poll, and back again, at his own ex pence, which was carried unanimously—the meeting having been taken, in this point, by surprise. There was one more topic, beside the. eternal one of praising Mr. Brougham, in which one of the speakers indulged with evident satisfaction, namely, that though they might despair of success, they ought to persevere, if it were only for the gratification of en expences on their opponents,—a sentiment which shocked the feelings of the respectable part of the meeting. Of Mr. Brougham it was said, with truth, that he has attempted, with much perseverance and talent, but hitherto with no.success, to become the emancipator of the Catholics ; the originator of it system of education which shall confer a mental supe riority on serving-men an d m aidens over their masters and mistresses ; the liberator of the West India Ne groes ; the subverter of our old institutions, and the reformer of those abuses under which we have b ec om e a great and a flourishing nation. A WESTMORELAND FREEHOLDER. The folloWing is an extr i a s ct in of: licitttte::::::d7 that the dated the Ist of May 1—" The misery in the interior of this court.: try increases every day, and our wool, which forms one of the Pcrouincnicipisloir tterecmg:taoulforrictllre improvement of wra l bl v ) h l i i ch as , pe t t h i o ti u o g n h . e in l co t nai he deKrainde t6 are m. s ' u p fl p i l e k i7ot t to he d t i a sa x rdele a p hee ro P pr ' ieters'from keep ing up their docks, in consequence of the surprising fall inthe price of were)," SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Dr. Paris delivered his second Lecture yesterday before the College. The subject was, the discovery of' the alkaline. bases of Potassa, and Soda. In the course of the Lecture, he happily comparei the ao— nouncernent of Sir Hi pavy's fhoor'y VtiLic action to the blosom which held out - to the philosopher a promise of future fruitfulness ; a d the application of, it this theory, -in effecting the decdropUsition of potassa, he stated, might be considered' as the fruit of that theory. The room was crowded to exeess, wain a twin- her of those to whom tickets had been given, i.r.re obliged to /nit the Theatre horn a want of*accornino dation. NNe cannot avoid expressing our regret that an edifice, so splendid in its other apartments, should be deficient, as to space, in the arrangement of its Theatre, which was not capable of containing even a . moiety of those who had obtained tickets of ad.. mission. On Friday evening last the. Members of the Royal stitution assembled in Albemarle-street, to witness V . , ~'`<~} f~ tO,tlOit al,l the 'experiment of Lieutenant Drummond, R. E., of producing an intense light for the purpose of trigono metrical surveys. The lower part of theestablishment was cleared for the occasion, and the influence of the ignited pea of lime, at the distance of eighty feet, was so considerable, that the visitors, who afterwards re sorted to the Library of the institution for refreshment, were incapable of recognising their own friends, from the ocular spectra which continued to dance before their eyes. We were present on this occasion, and were necessarily anxious to acquire from our Scientific friends some rational explanation of the fact, in order that our readers might be enlightened by the reflection ; but so dark is every subject connected with light, that we were unable to gather any information of value. Moliere has, in a strain of Satire, which no modern dramatist has ever equalled, expressed a com- . binatien of ignorance and confidence in his cha racter of the medical pupil under examina tion, of which we were painfully but forci bly • reminded. The Doctor asks why opium produces sleep ; " Because," says the Respondent, " there is a donnitive power in that drug." " Bede— Rede—respandis‘i." We naturally enquired why the lime, submitted to the combined action of Hydro gen and Oxygen, should emit such remarkable light ; the Professor replied—" Nothing, Sir, is so easily un derstood ; lime, under such circumstances, has the power of throwing off radiant matter." The answer was considered satisfactory, and the greater part of the audience departed with a conviction that they had been greatly enlightened by their visit ! MACADAMIZED STREETS. By the Bill now before the House of Commons, for vesting in the Commissioners of Land Revenue the powers of several Acts for the improvement of the streets near Westminster Ball and the two Houses of Parliament, authority is proposed WAN given to the Paving Committees of the several parishes ofVoitutinster, (with the exception of that of St. George, lianoverAuare, which is regulated by a special Act just passed) and the parishes of St. Marylebone and St. Pancras, to convert any of the carriage pave ments into Macadatnized roads, on the application of a certain proportion of the occupiers of houses in the respective streets.-., As the experiment which has been made of Macadamizing Regent » street, Portland-place, &c. has been !land t, answer eonyletely it is to be hoped that the inhabitants mirth of the broad streets at the west end of the town will avail themselves of the power to be given them by this 11111 as soon'as - it is passed. On Tuesday last, a young gentleman, named Staple ton, from Bath, accompanied by a young lady, arrived at the Bush inn in haste, changed horses, and instantly set off for, the far-famed temple . of Hymen in•the north. „: On their return frOm Gretna they found the bridegroom' s father. (who, it appears, is the young lady's guardian) at Carlisle, whither he had followed them, having previously encountered him at Penrith, and escaped from him. They showered their favours very plenti-. fully, we are um, and set off again together for the south on the following day.--Carlisle Patriot. • • • It appears that no actual loss of life was occasioned by the fail of a scaffolding in the neighbourhood of the City-road, during the exhibition of Mr. Green's balloon on Tuesday , afternoon, but several persons were very grievously injured. Five of those who have suffered most severely are now lying in St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, viz. three men with legs or thighs broken, a boy with a broken ann, and a young woman with a broken leg. They are all, however, hi a fa vourable way of recovery. A GAY DECEIVER.--.A very ettrious andamufing ease came on in the Court d'AShillet4 in Paris, on the 14th. A. Count Zaphinoff was accused of bigamy. It appeared, however; in , the courae of the proceedings, that although he sported the title, and gave himself out its an officer of distinction, and possessed of great wealth in Russia, he waft only a Greek tradetenen, of the name of Constantine Zaphiropotdo, not worth a farthing. /kW, however, contrived to get into French society, and then wiled away the heart of Mademobwelie Manduit tie Doitiset, a midi% lady, of the timely age of 0, with 10,000 francs (1(101.) a-year. He Nettled an her, with the utmost munificence, his lands at Kerson, Pepemka, Odessa, Taganrog, awl other places, to the a mount of 1,200,000 francs (48,000/.) Their happintos, in spite of this liberality, was of short duration. He maltreated .her so, that after some complaints to the police, a temporary separation took place, during which time the poor lady discovered that her husband was an impostor, and his estate in mailbox. She found out also that he had a wife living at Zunte, of the name of Marie Verestia. Iler agent, whom she sent to Greece, obtained. this lady's dechtmtion before a Notary ; that she had been married at Quin to Zaphiropoulo, who afterwards abandoned her.; that she had been left in the greatest misery ; that he had embarked in the capacity of clerk in a vessel under the French flag, mid gone to Malta, where be lived with a woman, by whom lot had several children ; that she afterwards gave bin. up, obtained a divorce from the Greek Patriarch, married again, buried her second husband, and took a third, whom she also survived. She.gave a description of hit person, as being long and thin, strong and well mule, with a brown tairoplezion and long nose, handsome teeth, and small feet, with marks on his shouldersouth as sailors are fond of putting on themseive.--,41. which corresponded with the accused, He strongly denied the first marriage; and, after a speech, which drew tears from the eyes of all the ladies present, he was acquitted, and poor Madame Manduit de Boisset cannot get rid of itlm, Her evidence of the manner In which he won her heart was arousing, Monsieur lived in the same house with mss-..he wore three decorations— and called himself Count de Zaphiruff, a superior officer in the service of the Emperor of Russia. One day that we were toge ther, he told use that he loved me very much, and would make me the most happy of women—that he was immensely rich— that at that very Moment, to be sure, he only received 2A to 80,000 fr. (1,0001. to 1,2001.) a-year—but that his property lay at Kerala), chl ssa, Taganrog, tite.--aud, unfortunately, 1 he- Herod him." HAY NIARKETS--(Tuts Day.) (At per load of 38 trusses.) Jastrn.—Coarse heavy Lowland Itleadow Hay, faunal 2/. 101. to 3/. 10s. ; fine Upland Window and Rye Gras* Hay, 8/. 10s. to 51. ; Glaser Huy, 8,1. lON to 1,! . 10s. ; Oat Straw , 11. 148. to 1/. 18s. ; Wheat Straw, it. 18s. to 21. 2s, •Itsieli kind of Hay (thinigh the highest quotations were not very cur. rent), Ss., and Straw from 4r. to Os., per load higher - an Tuesday. A moderate supply, and a toll ably bri' k 81 1 41TRFIEL/I.—COMIC heavy Lowland liratiow IV. Os. to 81. ; fins Upland Meadow 1 , 1 4 1 . 4 5.; 31. Os. to 4/. oa. ; Clover Hay, generally, 144 Wheat ordinary tine, 41. 15s , ; Ont Straw) , 14 :" rather brisk, Straw, 18.. to 2/. go. Supply I and prices stationary. • - t. than - '